Chapter
Twenty-one

To
Ranma With Love

To:
saotome@tendodojo.co.jp

From:
rsaotome@sfgate.org

Subject:
Update

Dear
brother,

Konnichiwa, Ranma-san. My dear brother, It has been far too long since
we last saw you. It is so difficult to think that we are an ocean apart..except
with the help of technology and high-speed internet. I am extremely happy
that you finally installed DSL at the dojo. Cheapskate baka-kun.

How is Akane-chan doing? Tell her that I miss her terribly. Even her
horrible cooking and those random flyingobjects to the skull. I hope that she is being a good wife.

As for my own marital affairs, Bret and I are setting a wedding date.
We are thinking next year. Please save a week to spend time in San Francisco
in time for the wedding. We both really want a June wedding because that is
when the city is least gloomy. Other than that, work is good. I enjoy working
atThe San
Francisco Chronicle and may be looking forward to a promotion soon.

Brother, the weirdest thing has happened to me. I was eating lunch
with my best friend Ryan Hitomi (the cute gay japanese guy I have been telling
you so much about) and I had the faintest feeling I recognized one of his
friends.You were concerned about how Ryoga had mysteriously
disappeared from Tokyo. Could it be possible that Ryoga is in San Francisco?
I'll further investigate this mystery. So far, Ryan's not telling me anything
except that this guy is indeed from Japan and he has had a very hard life.
It does sound quite familiar doesn't it?